Teaching Philosophy 

In all my courses, I adopt an anti-racist pedagogy, ensuring that the course content:

1. Engages with issues of power and inequality--

2. Centers the voices and experiences of historically marginalized groups--

3. Stresses the importance of resistance and activism as a vehicle for social change.

As a teacher, one of my primary objectives is to denaturalize the status quo, encouraging students to question and challenge taken-for-granted truths that hide pernicious systems of social stratification. I am keenly aware of the importance of a multivocal classroom experience where students from all backgrounds learn about and from people whose voices and academic contributions have been (historically) silenced and overlooked.

Because most of my courses focus on social inequality, my pedagogical emphasis on resistance and anti-racism is significant. I want students to leave my classes understanding that change is possible. To achieve this goal, I include historical and contemporary examples of resistance and encourage students to identify local models so we can begin the critical work of dreaming a better world into existence.